Using Online Video-Recorded Interviews to Connect the Theory and Practice of Inclusive Education in a Course for Student Teachers

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Rayner ◽  
Jeanne Maree Allen
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Relevant Field ◽  
Type Of Delivery

This article reports on a study into university preservice teachers’ perceptions of online video-recorded interviews as an alternative to the traditional lecture format in a course on inclusive education. With the aim of assisting preservice teachers to link theory and practice, the series of video-recorded interviews focused on key concepts around educating students with diverse needs and abilities. The interviews were conducted between the course coordinator and a number of professionals with relevant field experience in special education and inclusion, and were then made available to preservice teachers online. Survey data indicated that this type of delivery model was perceived as effective in promoting engagement and learning, and in facilitating an understanding of the connection between theory and practice. Implications for teacher education are discussed.

scholarly journals Student teachers' perceptions of the collaborative relationships form between universities and inclusive elementary schools in Indonesia

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1289
Author(s):  
Rasmitadila Rasmitadila ◽  
Megan Asri Humaira ◽  
Reza Rachmadtullah
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Collaborative Relationship ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
University Partnerships ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
The Government

Background: The collaborative relationship between universities and inclusive elementary schools has not been maximally practiced. The form of collaboration that universities with inclusive elementary schools have carried out is still limited to the need to complete lecture materials in the semester. There is a gap between the theory and practice obtained by student teachers at universities when they have to teach in inclusive elementary schools. As a result, they have not contributed to solving problems that occur in inclusive elementary schools. The collaborative relationship between inclusive elementary schools and universities directly implies that the success of inclusive education is determined by the competence of student teachers whose universities have successfully educated them in order to teach in inclusive elementary schools. Against the background that the inclusive education system is developing in Indonesia, the researchers investigated student teachers' perceptions at universities about inclusive university-inclusive elementary school collaborative relationships. Methods: During data collection, an online survey and in-depth interviews of student teachers about individual experiences and their ideas about the form of inclusive elementary schools-university partnerships was conducted. The data analysis used is a thematic analysis technique. Result: The result summarizes student teachers' statements, revealed three main themes: provision of inclusive education needs, research, and field practice. The student teachers revealed that the collaborative relationship between universities and inclusive elementary schools is essential to develop holistic, inclusive practices in a collaborative partnership based on input-needs, which has a two-way impact or benefit for both parties. Conclusions: Furthermore, collaborative relationships must be in the form of long-term programs, such as continuous assistance, and adaptation to the development of inclusive education through lecture materials. To achieve inclusive education in Indonesia, we also recommend that the government make policies on multi-sectoral collaboration in order to support inclusive education.

Preservice Student-Teachers’ Perceptions of Themselves as Teachers- Experience from Teaching Practicum

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Fotopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teaching Activity ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Third Stage

The importance and significance of the role of pre-service teachers’ education in building up their identity formation is well-recognized. This work investigates one dimension of this complex formation: how pre-service teachers perceive themselves as teachers in a pre-service teacher education compulsory course of teaching practice in Greece. An experience report from a teaching practicum is presented based on a qualitative analysis of anonymous questionnaires (N=144). Our analysis reveals that student-teachers are engaged in a process of transformation which encompasses from the academic preparation to the teaching reality. We identify three interconnected stages in this transformation process: i) first contact (e.g., choice and field of their studies, relation between theory and practice), ii) familiarization (e.g., get in touch with teaching activity, with the space and the operation of kindergarten, collaboration with teachers), and iii) function (e.g., interaction with pupils, acquiring experience, acting as teachers). According to the data analysis, preservice teachers tend to attribute greater importance to specific elements of each stage. More specifically, the choice and field of their studies as well as the teaching activity (planning, implementation and feedback) were underlined as very important elements in the second and third stage respectively, while a great number of preservice students highlighted the interaction with students in the classroom as well as their act and operation as teachers in the third stage. Summing up, our findings indicate that pre-service teachers perceive themselves as teachers through four-correlated to each other in a bidirectional manner- issues: the academic framework, the teaching activity, themselves acting as teachers, and the students. Furthermore, the aforementioned four issues point out that pre-service teachers’ perceptions are not stable but are subjected to a transformative process that take place during their teaching practice. Accordingly, the findings of this study could provide a conceptual framework that incorporates pre-service teachers’ perceptions and examine teachers’ identity formation from this specific perspective of pre-service studies.

scholarly journals Swedish and Finnish Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Summative Assessment Practices

Languages ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Raili Hilden ◽  
Anne Dragemark Oscarson ◽  
Ali Yildirim ◽  
Birgitta Fröjdendahl
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Summative Assessment ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Summative Assessments ◽  
Curricular Alignment ◽  
Oral Skills

Summative assessments are an exercise of authority and something that pupils cannot easily appeal. The importance of teachers being able to assess their pupils correctly is consequently both a question of national equivalence and individual fairness. Therefore, summative assessment is a paramount theme in teacher education, and we aimed to investigate the perceptions and competence of student teachers regarding common summative assessment practices. The study was conducted at three universities, two in Sweden and one in Finland involving prospective language teachers responding to an online survey (N = 131). In addition, interviews were carried out with 20 Swedish and 6 Finnish student teachers. The analysis of the data indicates that student teachers value practices that enhance communication and collaboration as well as the curricular alignment of summative assessments. With respect to perceived competence, the respondents in general felt most confident with deploying traditional forms of summative assessment, while they were more uncertain about process evaluation and oral skills. Regarding significant differences in the participants’ perceptions of competence among the three universities, Finnish university students reported higher levels in all variables. However, room for improvement was found at all universities involved.

scholarly journals What Makes Inquiry Stick? The Quality of Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Inquiry

SAGE Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401668139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Aulls ◽  
Diana Tabatabai ◽  
Bruce M. Shore
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Mixed Design ◽  
Context Variables ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Preservice Secondary Teachers

This nonexperimental, exploratory, mixed-design study used questionnaires with 167 preservice secondary teachers to identify prior educational experiences associated with student-teachers’ inquiry understanding. Understanding was determined through content analysis then open coding of definitions of inquiry and descriptions of best-experienced inquiry instruction, in terms of 23 potential learner-inquiry outcomes. Only two of seven educational-context variables related to understanding: prior experience doing a thesis or research—especially to definition quality and having taken a research-methods course—especially to description quality. How definitions and descriptions of inquiry are different and similar was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Implications for methodology, theory, and practice were presented, for example, research opportunities and research-methods training during teacher education.

Inclusive Beliefs and Self-Efficacy Concerning Inclusive Education Among German Teacher Trainees and Student Teachers

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Scheer ◽  
Markus Scholz ◽  
Astrid Rank ◽  
Christian Donie
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
General Effect ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Case Examples

This survey aims to investigate the beliefs and self-efficacy of preservice teachers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, concerning inclusive education. There were 491 people who participated in the study. The future teachers responded to a slightly modified questionnaire by Kopp (2009) using case descriptions of pupils with different educational needs to assess attitudes toward inclusion and self-efficacy in inclusive classroom settings. Results show a general effect of the intended type of school on inclusive beliefs and self-efficacy with significant differences between future teachers. Preservice teachers for special needs school rated highest in inclusive beliefs, and self-efficacy secondary school teachers and academic high school teachers lowest. The intended profession also plays a role in rating the readiness for inclusion of the presented case examples. In the eyes of future teachers, children with intellectual disabilities and complex special needs should be educated in special needs schools.

Development or Training

2019 ◽  
pp. 305-319
Author(s):  
Esim Gursoy ◽  
Elif Eken
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Philosophies ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Cooperative Models

As a testing ground for theory and practice transition, teaching practice is a key element of teacher training process. One way to ensure that teacher candidates are acquiring and practicing critical teaching skills is to provide feedback through reflective practice during the student teaching. However, it should be beyond the helpful prescriptions in order for student teachers to develop their own teaching philosophies. For this reason, this study focuses on the growing trend toward cooperative models of student teaching supervision: the clinical supervision model (CSM). The study reports on the student teachers' perceptions on professional development with regard to the feedback they receive (direct or indirect). Twelve ELT student teachers contributed to the study and the data was collected via an open-ended and a closed-ended questionnaire, researchers' field-notes and video-taped reflection sessions. The data analysis revealed that although having varying degrees of abstraction, most of the student teachers had positive perceptions regarding indirect feedback during CSM.

Understanding the Impact of Racial Attitudes on Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Children’s Mathematical Thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-93
Author(s):  
Dan Battey ◽  
Tonya Bartell ◽  
Corey Webel ◽  
Amanda Lowry
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Black Students ◽  
White Students ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Student Thinking ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
The Impact

Recent international studies have found that teachers’ attitudes, biased against historically marginalized groups, predict lower student achievement in mathematics (e.g., van den Bergh et al., 2010). It is not clear, however, if or how teachers’ racial attitudes affect their evaluation of students’ mathematical thinking to produce these effects. Using an experimental design, we conducted an online survey to examine the relationship between preservice teachers’ (PSTs) racial attitudes and their perceptions of students’ mathematical thinking. The survey used comparable videos, with similar mathematics content and student thinking, one including Black students and the other, White students. Findings show that PSTs evaluated Black students’ thinking less favorably compared with White students. Explicit, but not implicit, attitudes, as well as reported time spent in African American communities, were factors in how PSTs rated the quality of students’ mathematical thinking by race.

Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Inclusive Education: The Reality of Professional Experience Placements

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Kerry Therese Aprile ◽  
Bruce Allen Knight
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Inclusive Settings ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Quality And Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

AbstractDeveloping the knowledge and practical skills for implementing inclusive education is a legislative and policy imperative for contemporary graduate teachers. In this qualitative study, the authors investigated the experiences of 18 preservice teachers during their practical school placements in primary and secondary school settings and the impact of these experiences on their attitudes towards students with special needs and their readiness to teach in mainstream inclusive settings. Sixteen of the participants had completed 2 or more placements. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and analysed to categorise the observed and enacted practices and define themes that contribute to a deeper understanding of preservice teachers’ learning about inclusion through their practice in schools. The 4 identified themes show that contact, responsibility for instruction, modelled practices, and expectations for student learning all have significant impacts on the quality and outcomes of preservice teachers’ placements. Findings suggest that placement settings do not consistently represent contexts where aspiring teachers are exposed to the types of meaningful contact or successful experiences claimed to be fundamental preparation for inclusive practice. The implications for the preservice teachers themselves and for their future practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Awareness and knowledge of cyberethics: A comparative study of preservice teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-37
Author(s):  
Josephine Milton ◽  
Tonje Hilde Giæver ◽  
Louise Mifsud ◽  
Héctor Hernández Gassó
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Potential Impact

This paper explores the knowledge and understanding of cyberethics held by preservice teachers across three European countries. The study was conducted via an online survey and yielded a total of 1,131 responses from preservice teachers in Spain, Norway, and Malta. The facets of cyberethics included in this study were specifically related to behaving responsibly online, safeguarding privacy, respecting copyright, seeking consent of third parties before posting images or videos on social media platforms, and considering their own professional identity as future teachers when posting images or videos online. The findings indicate that preservice teachers reported similar levels of competence in both applying copyright and respecting privacy rules. However, this varied across countries, with preservice teachers in Malta and Norway reporting higher levels of knowledge and awareness than their counterparts in Spain. Malta had the largest number of participants who reported that they ‘always’ considered the potential impact that posting media online may have on their careers, followed by Norway. Spain had the largest number of preservice teachers who stated that they rarely or never thought about this impact on their teaching career. Our findings highlight the need for student teachers’ knowledge of cyberethics to be prioritised during ITE, especially within the framework of developing a professional digital identity. In light of our findings, we recommend that all ITE programmes include digital competence and cyberethics components in their curricula. This would enable preservice teachers to develop an emerging professional and digital identity to face the challenges of becoming teachers in the 21st century.

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